Demonstration Alert – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (April 22, 2021) Location: Pretoria, South Africa Event: The U.S. Embassy is aware of a protest scheduled for Friday, April 23, 2021, at 9:00 am at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria. U.S. citizens are reminded that even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and escalate into violence. Embassy Pretoria …
Read More» Alert: Roadway Security on N1 and N4 Location: N4 East between Solomon Mahlangu on-ramp and the Diamond Hill Toll Plaza, as well as the N4 West towards Rustenburg from the N1 interchange. Event: Police and media report criminals have used homemade devices placed in roadways to disable vehicle tires on N4 East between Solomon Mahlangu on-ramp and …
Read More» Location: U.S. Consulate General Johannesburg, 1 Sandton Drive Event: The City of Johannesburg has approved the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) to convene a mass picket outside the U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Thursday, March 18, 2021. Johannesburg consular patrons with citizen services or visa appointments on Thursday, March …
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Health Alert: U.S. Citizens are Still Able to Return to the United States Despite a Presidential Proclamation Suspending Entry for Immigrant and Non-Immigrants in South Africa Location: The Republic of South Africa Event: President Biden announced that effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 30, 2021, immigrant and non-immigrant entry into the United States will be …
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Health Alert – Department of State – Bureau of Consular Affairs (January 20, 2021) Location: Worldwide – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director has signed an order requiring all airline passengers traveling to the United States, including U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs), to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 viral test or recovery from COVID-19. Event: Effective January 26, all airline passengers to the United States ages two years and older …
Read More» Health Alert: Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test or Recovery from COVID-19 for All Air Passengers Arriving in the United States Location: The Republic of South Africa Event: Starting January 26, 2021, all air travelers to the United States, including U.S citizens, are required to provide a negative COVID-19 test or proof of recovery to enter the …
Read More» Demonstration Alert: U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (October 29, 2020) Location: Pretoria, South Africa Event: The U.S. Embassy is aware of a demonstration scheduled for Friday, October 30th, between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria. The Embassy would like to remind U.S. citizens that even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and …
Read More» The Department of State revised its Travel Advisory for South Africa on September 15, 2020. The Department continues to advise travelers to exercise normal precautions in South Africa. Reconsider travel to South Africa due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in South Africa due to crime, civil unrest, and drought. Read the Department of State COVID-19 page before you plan any international travel. The Centers …
Read More» Demonstration Alert – U. S. Consulate General Johannesburg (October 7, 2020) Location: From Consulate General of Nigeria to U.S. Consulate General Johannesburg Event: The U.S. Diplomatic Mission to South Africa informs U.S. citizens of a planned protest at the Nigerian Consulate on Thursday, October 8, 2020 between approximately 9:00 A.M and 1:00 P.M., with a potential …
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Message for U.S. Citizens – Don’t Let the Elections Pass You By If you plan to vote in the November 2020 election it is important to ACT NOW! Don’t wait, return your voted ballot right away! Remember U.S. embassies and consulates are not polling places; same-day in-person voting is not available outside the United States – but …
Read More» Alert: Travel Advisory Level 3: Reconsider Travel – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (September 16, 2020) The Department of State revised its Travel Advisory for South Africa on September 15, 2020. The Department continues to advise travelers to exercise normal precautions in South Africa. South Africa – Level 3: Reconsider Travel Reconsider travel to South Africa due to COVID-19. Exercise increased …
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Health Alert: Upcoming Repatriation Flights – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (September 1, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 625,056 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing Additional Repatriation Flights: We have been notified of multiple upcoming special commercial repatriation flights operated by different airlines. Some of the below flights have been included in previous announcements. …
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Health Alert: Upcoming Repatriation Flights – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (August 19, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 592,144 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing Additional Repatriation Flights: We have been notified of multiple upcoming special commercial repatriation flights operated by different airlines. Some of the below flights have been included in previous announcements. …
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Due to ongoing precautions against COVID-19, the Consular Section remains closed for non-immigrant visa interviews, and it is not clear when we will return to normal operations. Accordingly, if you are renewing a visa in the F1 and F2 categories, and the visa is valid or expired within the last 12 months, we encourage you to …
Read More» Health Alert: Upcoming Repatriation Flights – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (July 21, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 373,628 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing Additional Repatriation Flights: We have been notified of multiple upcoming special commercial repatriation flights operated by different airlines. Some of the below flights have been included in previous announcements. …
Read More» Health Alert: Repatriation Flights – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (July 14, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 276,242 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing Additional Repatriation Flights We have been notified of multiple upcoming special commercial repatriation flights operated by different airlines. Flight information: DATE DEPARTURE ARRIVAL AIRLINE 18 July 2020 Johannesburg …
Read More» Health Alert: Repatriation Flight on Emirates Airlines – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (July 13, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 276,242 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing Additional Emirates Airlines Repatriation Flight Emirates Airlines has notified us of an upcoming special commercial repatriation flight on Sunday, July 19. Flight information: DATE DEPARTURE …
Read More» Health Alert: Repatriation Flight on Turkish Airlines – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (July 10, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 238,339 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing Additional Turkish Airlines Repatriation Flight Turkish Airlines has notified us of an upcoming special commercial repatriation flight on Tuesday, July 14. Flight information: DATE DEPARTURE …
Read More» Health Alert: Upcoming Repatriation Flights – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (July 8, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 215,855 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing Multiple Upcoming Repatriation Flights We have been notified of multiple upcoming special commercial repatriation flights operated by different airlines. Flight information: DATE DEPARTURE ARRIVAL AIRLINE 09 July …
Read More» Health Alert: Announcing Upcoming Repatriation Flights – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (June 25, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 111,796 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing Multiple Upcoming Repatriation Flights We have been notified of multiple upcoming special commercial repatriation flights operated by Lufthansa, KLM, Emirates, Turkish Airlines, and Ethiopian Airlines. Flight …
Read More» Health Alert: Announcing June 28 Repatriation Flight on Ethiopian Airlines – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (June 23, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 101,590 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing June 28 Ethiopian Airlines Flight We have been notified of a special commercial repatriation flight operated by Ethiopian Airlines to Chicago, United …
Read More» Health Alert: Announcing June 27 Repatriation Flight on Lufthansa – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (June 20, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 83,890 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing June 27 Lufthansa Flight We have been notified of a special commercial repatriation flight operated by Lufthansa from Cape Town to Frankfurt and onward connecting destinations on Saturday, June 27, …
Read More» Health Alert: Announcing June 18 Repatriation Flight on Ethiopian Airlines – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (June 12, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 58,568 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing June 18 Ethiopian Airlines Flight We have been notified of a special commercial repatriation flight operated by Ethiopian Airlines to Chicago, United States on Thursday, June 18. Flight information: Potential passengers must book …
Read More» Demonstration Alert: U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (June 11, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The U.S. Embassy is aware of a march and protest against police killings planned for Friday, June 12, beginning at 9:00 am in front of the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria. The Embassy would like to remind U.S. citizens that even demonstrations intended to be peaceful …
Read More» Health Alert: Announcing June 14 Repatriation Flight on South African Airways – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (June 8, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 48,285 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Announcing June 14 South African Airways Flight We have been notified of a special commercial repatriation flight to the United States operated by South African Airways on Sunday, June 14. Flight …
Read More» Demonstration Alert: U.S. Consulate General Johannesburg, South Africa (June 5, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The U.S. Embassy is aware of protests planned for Monday, June 8, 2020, beginning at 09:00 am in front of the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg, and U.S. Consulate General in Cape Town in response to ongoing civil unrest in …
Read More» Health Alert: Announcing May 29 South African Airways Flight – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 27, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Department of Health has confirmed 24,264 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. South African Airways Flight – May 29, 2020 South African Airways (SAA) has notified the U.S. Mission of a special repatriation flight on May 29, …
Read More» Health Alert: Lockdown Reduction to Level 3 on June 1, 2020 – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 26, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Department of Health confirmed 23,615 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. On May 24, 2020, the government of South Africa announced the lockdown alert level for South Africa will be lowered to level 3 with …
Read More» Health Alert: Announcing Additional Repatriation Flights via Amsterdam – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 21, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 18,252 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. May 22 Ethiopian Airlines Flight If you have booked a ticket for this special repatriation flight and have not yet received a travel letter and assembly …
Read More» Health Alert: Update on Special Repatriation Flights – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 20, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health confirmed 17,200 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Ethiopian Airlines Flight We have been notified by Ethiopian Airlines that there is an abundance of seats available on their special repatriation flight this Friday, May 22. If you registered interest in this flight …
Read More» Health Alert: Update on Ethiopian Airlines and Qatar Airways Repatriation Flights – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 18, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health confirmed 15,515 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Ethiopian Airlines Flight If you submitted your information via the online form, your information has been passed to Ethiopian Airlines and they will be contacting you …
Read More» Health Alert: Announcing Repatriation Flight to the United States – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 16, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health confirmed 13,524 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. May 22 Ethiopian Airlines Flight from Cape Town and Johannesburg to Washington, D.C. We have been notified of a special commercial repatriation flight to the United …
Read More» Health Alert: Update on Special Repatriation Flights – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 14, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health confirmed 12,074 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. May 16 Qatar Airways and May 17 SAA Flights The airlines have notified us that these flights have been sold out. The airlines are working directly with customers on ticketing for the …
Read More» Health Alert: Update on South African Airways Repatriation – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 12, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health confirmed 11,350 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. South African Airways Flight South African Airways (SAA) has confirmed its special repatriation flight that it coordinated with the U.S. Mission to South Africa. The U.S. Mission to South Africa is aware that …
Read More» Health Alert: South African Airways Repatriation Flight Canceled – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 7, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health confirmed 7,808 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. South African Airways Flight It was announced that South African Airways will be required to cease all operations on May 8. Unfortunately, due to that timeline, SAA informed us …
Read More» Health Alert: Qatar Airways Flights Canceled – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 6, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health confirmed 7,572 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Qatar Airways Flights We have received notification from Qatar Airways that all flights scheduled for May 7 and beyond have been canceled. If you have already booked a …
Read More» Health Alert: May 9 South African Airways Flight Details – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 6, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health confirmed 7,572 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Please read the following information carefully. Due to the high volume of enquiries we are currently receiving, we will not be able to respond to individual emails if your …
Read More» Health Alert: Updates on Repatriation Flights to the United States – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 4, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health confirmed 6,783 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Please read the following information carefully. Due to the high volume of enquiries we are currently receiving, we will not be able to respond to individual emails if …
Read More» Health Alert: Announcing Repatriation Flights to the United States – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 3, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health confirmed 6,783 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. Fellow Citizens, We have been notified of a likely commercial flight to the United States to be operated by South African Airways, tentatively scheduled …
Read More» Health Alert: Announcing Possible Repatriation Flights Via Doha – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (May 2, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: The South African Ministry of Health confirmed 6,336 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. We have been notified of Embassy of Qatar-coordinated repatriation flights to Doha in the coming weeks. It is not confirmed as a certainty; however, we are …
Read More» Health Alert: Repatriation Flight Announcement – U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa (April 8, 2020) Location: South Africa Event: Repatriation Flight Announcement The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 1749 cases of COVID-19 within its borders. We can now announce that repatriation flights have been confirmed for this week. On Thursday, April 9, we will have departures from …
Read More» Location: South Africa Event: Repatriation Flight Interest Request The South African Ministry of Health has confirmed 1749cases of COVID-19 within its borders. We can now announce that repatriation flights have been confirmed for this week. On Thursday, April 9, we will have departures from Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. On Friday, April 10, we will have …
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The U.S. Mission in South Africa, in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, is cancelling most nonimmigrant visa appointments from March 16, 2020 until May 31, 2020. This action does not apply to diplomatic/official visa application or to immigrant visa applications. If you had a nonimmigrant visa appointment scheduled March 16, 2020 – May …
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To celebrate International Women’s Day, the United States Embassy invites you to join a free film screening of Qualified at Loftus Park. Qualified is a documentary on the life of Janet Guthrie, the first woman to earn a place at the Indianapolis 500! So, claim your free ticket and make a pitstop at Loftus at …
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Applications for the 2021-2022 Fulbright Foreign Student Program are now open. This world-renowned program offers scholarships to South Africans interested in pursuing a Master’s or Doctoral degree at any accredited tertiary institution in the United States. The scholarships cover the full cost of tuition and living expenses in the United States for up to 2 …
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Join our chat on Facebook this coming Wednesday, November 6 at 3:00 PM, and get all your STUDENT VISA questions answered!
Read More» Press Release | Embassy of the United States August 5, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. EMBASSY: APPLY EARLY FOR VISAS The U.S. Mission in South Africa encourages all residents of South Africa considering travel to the United States to apply for their visa as early as possible in order to secure an appointment for a …
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On December 5, 2018, we close our Embassy and Consulates to pay homage to President George Herbert Walker Bush, who served as the 41st president of the United States, and died November 30 at the age of 94. President George H.W. Bush was the longest-lived president in U.S. history and a statesman whose service to …
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